Vocabulary Hindu Culture People Religion Indian Achievements
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What are monsoons?
Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons. These heavy rains can bring as much as 100 to 200 inches of rain.
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What is karma?
The effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul
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who is Gautama Buddha?
Grew up a prince but gave up his riches to seek out questions about the meaning of life. Became known as
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What is Buddhism?
Based on the teachings of Siddhatha Gautama
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what is Diwali?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXpTdcP7efmNjVh1JQJnnPZq6pji_Uq_EHyvm_e-05Q/edit#slide=id.ge977e5b4639a3c6_6
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What is a subcontinent?
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent usually separated from the rest of the continent by mountains.
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What is reincarnation?
Hindus believe that souls are born and reborn many times. The process of rebirth is referred to as
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Who are the Aryans?
This group of people arrived in India around 2,000 B.C.. Most of what we knew about them is from their religious writings called Vedas.
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What is Akshay Tritiya?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXpTdcP7efmNjVh1JQJnnPZq6pji_Uq_EHyvm_e-05Q/edit#slide=id.g1110e7efb82_0_18
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What is inoculation?
Indian doctors knew how to protect people against disease. The practice of injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help them build up defenses to a disease is called
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What is Sanskrit?
The most important language of ancient India and is the root of many South Asian languages today.
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What is Hanuman Jayanti?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXpTdcP7efmNjVh1JQJnnPZq6pji_Uq_EHyvm_e-05Q/edit#slide=id.p
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Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
Founded the Mauryan Empire when he conquered northern India. Later became a Jainist and gave up his throne
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what is Navratri?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXpTdcP7efmNjVh1JQJnnPZq6pji_Uq_EHyvm_e-05Q/edit#slide=id.ge977e5b4639a3c6_0
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What is metallurgy?
The ancient Indians were pioneers of the science of working with metals. With this knowledge, they created mixtures of metals called alloys. The science of working with metals is known as
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What is naag panchami?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXpTdcP7efmNjVh1JQJnnPZq6pji_Uq_EHyvm_e-05Q/edit#slide=id.g1110e7efb82_0_1
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What is Makar Sankranti
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXpTdcP7efmNjVh1JQJnnPZq6pji_Uq_EHyvm_e-05Q/edit#slide=id.g1110e7efb82_0_7
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what is Maha Shiv Ratri?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXpTdcP7efmNjVh1JQJnnPZq6pji_Uq_EHyvm_e-05Q/edit#slide=id.ge977e5b4639a3c6_10
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What is Vijay Dashami
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXpTdcP7efmNjVh1JQJnnPZq6pji_Uq_EHyvm_e-05Q/edit#slide=id.g1110e7efb82_0_23
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What is the Mahabharata?
This story is one of the world's longest literary works. It is the epic story of two families struggling for control of a kingdom This story includes many Hindu ideas and is written in Sanskrit.
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What is Karva Chauth?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXpTdcP7efmNjVh1JQJnnPZq6pji_Uq_EHyvm_e-05Q/edit#slide=id.g1110e7efb82_0_11
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What is the Gupta Empire?
Which Indian Empire promoted Hinduism while still allowing Buddhist and Jainist to practice their beliefs?
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Who is Ashoka?
This strong military leader extended the Mauryan Empire before converting to Buddhism
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What is Guru Pooja?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXpTdcP7efmNjVh1JQJnnPZq6pji_Uq_EHyvm_e-05Q/edit#slide=id.g1110e7efb82_0_27
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What is the zero?
Indian scholars were the first to create this mathematical concept. Modern math would not be possible without it.






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